Blizzard announces 3rd Expansion for World of Warcraft, Cataclysm

Source: WorldofWarcraft.com

An ancient evil lies dormant within Deepholm, the domain of earth in the Elemental Plane.

Hidden away in a secluded sanctuary, the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing has waited, recovering from the wounds of his last battle against Azeroth and biding his time until he can reforge the world in molten fire.

Soon, Deathwing the Destroyer will return to Azeroth, and his eruption from Deepholm will sunder the world, leaving a festering wound across the continents. As the Horde and Alliance race to the epicenter of the cataclysm, the kingdoms of Azeroth will witness seismic shifts in power, the kindling of a war of the elements, and the emergence of unlikely heroes who will rise up to protect their scarred and broken world from utter devastation.

This expansion will have the following features:

  • Two new playable races [Worgen for the Alliance! and Goblins for the Horde!]
  • Increased level cap to 85
  • Classic zones rebuilt to include support for Flying Mounts
  • New high level zones and raids
  • New race and class variations [pictured below]
  • Guild Leveling and Achievement system…
  • New Secondary Profession Archaeology

Here is a chart released by Blizzard showing the new race/class combos.

Will update this post later as more details emerge. For now here’s some screenshots 😀




Cogeco increases speed for High Speed customers.

Cogeco Website

Got this in my e-mail, and sure enough the speedtest reports i can upload at 100kb/sec now with ~1.4MB/sec down.

From the e-mail:

Dear Client,

The Internet is changing fast. Every day there are new and exciting things to see and do online.
To help you make the most of your online experience, we have great news to share about your current High Speed Internet service.

How fast is fast?

• Your download speed increased from 10 Mbps to 14 Mbps

• Your upload speed increased from 640 Kbps to 1 Mbps

Cogeco has increased the speed of your
High Speed Internet Standard package
at no additional cost.

Your download speed is now 40% faster. So now you can enjoy more of what the Internet has to offer – faster than ever before. Everyone is trying to get more for their money these days and we’re happy to make your dollars go a little further – or faster.
—

Of course it doesnt help that my monthly limit is only 60gb/month, but its progress.

Windows 7 has hit RTM Gold status at build 7600.16385.090713-1255

Filename: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Filesize: 2,501,894,144 byte
SHA1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
MD5: D0B8B407E8A3D4B75EE9C10147266B89
CRC: C1C20F76

Filename: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Filesize: 3,224,686,592 byte
SHA1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
MD5: F43D22E4FB07BF617D573ACD8785C028
CRC: 1F1257CA

Windows 7 Build 7600 RTM x64 Leak – Verification Info

Filename: 7600.16384.090710-1945_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Filesize: 3,224,717,312 bytes
CRC: 1EE7DC6F
MD5: E6CE9644D0C7A8E1C950D257A7B2C8A4
SHA1: 31849B315290EFABFD81F967ED3C553D82925E4C

It has been confirmed that Build 7600 will be RTM, the sub-build is 16384 in this case, Built July 10th 2009 at 7:45pm. Which sub-build will become the Retail is yet to be known. But its getting close 😛

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